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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2015
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
National University Corporation Kobe University, Kobe-shi, JP;
Kota Aoyagi, Nasushiobara, JP;
Hitoshi Yamagata, Otawara, JP;
Mizuho Nishio, Kobe, JP;
Sumiaki Matsumoto, Kobe, JP;
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY, Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
A medical-image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes an extracting unit, a dividing unit, and an estimating unit. The extracting unit extracts a disease candidate region from a medical image. The dividing unit divides the disease candidate region into multiple partial regions. The estimating unit uses the feature value of each of the partial regions to estimate the disease state of the disease candidate region.